Sorry for the 2 day delay

 I will get those out and posted by the end f the day (sun and monday workout and intake) Today I am finishing up the house and finishing painting then I have to walk to the school to get the kids then come home and finish cleaning lol. I plan to throw in a little bit of a workout in their then tomorrow... due to being so wore out of over a week of non stop workout. I am going to have a rest and recoup day :) Then back onto the weight loss journey for me :) It seems so hard to have a rest day cause I am so excited and motivated to lose weight yet I know I need to or I will end up plateauing. EEK

SO As you know my goal is to lose 100 lbs by this time next year. I am doing all kinds of research to help me lose the weight. Like what are the best foods to eat, and what to stay away from. I know I may eat too little cals but I promise I am trying. I need to lose the weight for my health and by golly I will. My kids will learn the value of eating healthy and not playing video games or in front of the TV all day. :)


This is perfect weather to be outside in the park. A nice 68 outside and sunny. Me and the kids are going to be outside most of the afternoon. Well in between cleaning lol. 




My secret sweet that I love to eat when I am wanting something sweet is my Greek yogurt. I mean I absolutely LOVE it. It has lots of protein in it and is yummy. My favorite is the strawberry and cherry.  Well off to do my rest day :) Hugs everyone

Wacky Saterday Food Count!

Ok today I worked out extra hard so I could reward myself tonight with sweet potato fries :) Well here I go... And todays intake is......~Drum Roll~

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Fiber
Kashi Go Lean Oatmeal Honey & Cinnamon - Oat Meal, 40 g	150	26	2	8	5
Dannon Light and Fit - Greek Twice Protein Blueberry Yogurt, 5.3 OZ	80	9	0	12	0
Strawberries - Raw, 1 medium (1-1/4" dia)	4	1	0	0	0
Lunch
Great Value - Mild Finely Shredded Low Fat Cheddar Cheese, 1/3 cup	90	0	6	8	0
Wolf Brand - Chili Mild No Beans, 1 cup	400	20	28	19	5
Dinner
Chicken Breast - Chicken Breast Meat Only, Roasted, 1 oz	46	0	1	9	0
Great Value - Sharp Finely Shredded Cheddar Cheese, 1/3 cup	110	1	9	7	0
Outback Steakhouse - Sweet Potato Fries, 1 side (4 oz.)	445	57	23	3	6
Pork - Cured, bacon, cooked, pan-fried, 0.5 slice cooked	21	0	2	2	0
Veg - Mushroom, 1/8 cup	1	0	0	0	0
Snack 1
Jif - Creamy Peanut Butter, 1 Tbsp - 32g	95	4	8	4	1
Nature's Own - 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Rounds, 1 Roll	100	20	1	5	5
snack 2
Strawberries - Raw, 2.5 medium (1-1/4" dia)	10	2	0	0	1
Totals	1,552	140	80	77	23

Wacky Saterday workout so Far!

That's right I am about to go scrub my floors for an hr and with that being done........ Here is my workout so far!!!!!   ****744 cals**** I am bout to not only scrub my floor but now after looking at it... I need to rearrange too lol! Had to stop early due to company :( oh well I get to paint 2 rooms tomorrow along with cleaning so I will get this house back to mommy perfect soon :) At least I got the table and the couch moved.

			Cardiovascular Minutes Calories Burned Wii Fit exercise (advanced or high intensity) 20 137 Wii Fit Super Hula Hoop 30 152 Wii Fit Rhythm Boxing 20 113 Wii Fit Free Run 5 39 Wii Fit Advanced Step 25 127 Cleaning, heavy, vigorous effort 30 176

Friday Intake

I found myself scrambling to get the calories in I needed for today so I had an ice cream cone. :(

Os Of right now (10.45) I have drunk  67.6 oz of water :D

Well here goes!

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Jif - Creamy Peanut Butter, 1 Tbsp - 32g	95	4	8	4
Nature's Own - 100% Whole Wheat Bread, 2 slice	100	20	2	8
Add Food	195	24	10	12
Lunch
Generic - Organic Spinach Leaves, 3 ounces uncooked	20	3	0	2
Starkist - Chunk Light Tuna In Water, 2 oz, drained	50	1	1	10
Mission Tortillia - Grande Spinach Tortillia, 1 tortillia	210	34	5	6
Carrots - Raw, 1 medium	25	6	0	1
Add Food	305	44	6	19
Dinner
Lettuce - Iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw, 1 cup shredded	10	2	0	1
Broccoli - Raw, 0.5 cup, chopped	15	3	0	1
Celery - Raw, 1 stalk, small (5" long)	2	1	0	0
Generic - Organic Spinach Leaves, 3 ounces uncooked	20	3	0	2
Carrots - Raw, 1 medium	25	6	0	1
Generic - Hard Boild Egg, 4 large	280	4	18	24
Add Food	352	19	18	29
Snacks
Dannon Light & Fit - Greek Twice Proetin - Strawberry Nonfat Yogurt, 1 container 5.3oz	80	8	0	12
Fruit - Orange, 1.5 Small	93	23	0	2
Strawberries - Raw, 1 cup, sliced	53	13	0	1
Good Humor - Premium Sundae Cone, 1 cone	240	29	12	4
Add Food	466	73	12	19
Totals	1,318	160	46	79

Thursday workout!

I think I need to step up my game a bit :) 

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Step-ups, vigorous	15	427
Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog	20	129
Rope jumping, moderate, general	4	78

Thursday Intake

I know I gave in to a friend. They wanted baked tator tots with chili and cheese.  I know I shouldn't have eaten them but It is done and I am learning :)

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Water - Municipal, 2 cup (8 fl oz)	0	0	0	0
Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal - Toasted Berry Crumble, 3/4 Cup	180	35	4	9
Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 1 cup	86	12	0	8
Total	266	47	4	17
Lunch
Mission Tortillia - Grande Spinach Tortillia, 1 tortillia	210	34	5	6
Starkist - Chunk Light Tuna In Water, 2 oz, drained	50	1	1	10
Generic - Organic Spinach Leaves, 3 ounces uncooked	20	3	0	2
Broccoli - Raw, 0.5 cup, chopped	15	3	0	1
Total	295	41	6	19
Dinner
Tator Tots, Ore-Ida - Baked Tator Tots, 16 pieces	260	34	12	4
Generic - Chili, 1 cup	275	33	7	19
Great Value - Mild Finely Shredded Low Fat Cheddar Cheese, 1/3 cup	90	0	6	8
Totals	625	67	25	31
Snacks
Fisher Chef's Naturals - Chopped Walnuts (Net Carbs), 0.25 Cup	180	2	18	4
Broccoli - Raw, 0.5 cup, chopped	15	3	0	1
Water - Municipal, 6 cup (8 fl oz)	0	0	0	0
Total	195	5	18	5
Totals	1,381	160	53	72

First Challenge #winterbootcamp

That is right, I am joining a challenge. it is a BigGals #winterbootcamp Challenge where you have to work out 30 min a day. No matter what the workout is. So I thought it would be an awesome way to start in on challenges and work my way to more :) I am really looking forward to completing My first challenge.

uug :(

Please remind me to never eat another protein bar again. I had been doing so good and I had one protein bar yesterday after my workout and I am still regretting it now. My stomach hurts and I can't stay out of the bathroom. Are protein bars bad for you? If not, why would it do this? Uggg :(

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Feeling and Emotions of a Weightloss journey.

I know you are expecting me to say how hard it is to eat a low cal diet and such. Not at all! After examining what I eat on a daily basis, I have noticed one key point. I am not eating enough. So by body is in starvation mode. Before I started eating healthier, I was eating lots of bread and lots of harmful junk. Like chips, pizza, burgers, donuts, danishes, ect. None of with are healthy and none of which was helping my body. Now that I am eating right, replaced sugar with agave nectar, and work out daily, I am struggling to even get the daily calories I need. I mean yesterday it took me eating a protein bar to even get close to it and it made me sick. I am still feeling the stomach issues from it. My goal has been to be under 200 lbs by my 27th birthday in July. I have a long way to go. Yet I still am gaining and I still feel like I am going to run to the bathroom and throw up from eating to much. Why? I honestly didn't get how hard it can be to actually get 1200-1500 cals till now. I have never really drank much water. Even when I was in tennis. I was always drinking gator-aid with about 5 bottles of water a day. Still kinda more than I drink now. I know I need to drink more water but this water here makes me puke when I drink it. It is like drinking pool water.

 Today's market makes it even harder for lower to middle class Citizens to even lose weight anymore. It is cheaper to go to McDonald's or Burger King to get you a burger than it is to get a meal at a health food store or subway. When you go to Walmart, it is like they are promoting the chips, and the cakes, and the quick easy meals that are loaded with unhealthy things and the healthy items, are tucked away to the point you really have to look to find it. Yes they have a fresh fruit and veggie department but it is still cheaper to go to McDonald's that is in Walmart than it is to even get a salad or salad fixings. I mean why? You can get a Double cheese burger, fries, and a soda for less than $5 while JUST a salad, is $4-$6. That is not counting anything to drink with it. Then you are spending near $10 just to get a balanced meal. Now tell me, honestly, if you were a low income family who had to budget EVERYTHING, what would you choose? A burger meal remade and ready to go for $5 or a salad and a bottle water with an orange for $10. The food industries want us all to be fat. Don't you think with Obama Making this health care Bill, don't you think it would be a whole lot more cost officiant to help make healthy food and gym memberships more affordable to people that way they won't need that much of a health bill?

 I admit, I am in the lower class and I can't go to walmart and buy a healthy meal plan to last a week without spending $100-$200. It is crazy. Yet I can walk out with a buggy FULL of things that will keep me fat and sick to last a month for cheaper. Am I the only one who see the problem in this? Oh and don't get me started on the gym memberships, and the healthy drinks, and the vitamins which would break anyone's pocketbook. People wonder why I don't take a multivitamin. I was till I had to switch to the generic version due to the cost raising. Now, I throw up EVERY TIME I take it. I have tried taking it before I eat, while I eat, and after I eat. Nothing helps. I can't afford to go out and buy the fish oil, and the probiotics, and the vitamin's and Chi seeds and the aloe, ect. All of which would cost you at least $100 a month to have. Now tell me, for someone who lives month by month and struggles to pay bills and keep clothes on the backs of their kids and family, who has only 1 car as their transportation or even none at all, that have to walk to get to the store or the food bank or such, is it really helping people by offering medical while basically forcing the unhealthy foods down their throat of people who can't afford to get healthy or would you think it would be in the best interest of the public to offer low cost or even free ways to eat healthy and get fit. Like a gym that is designed for those under a certain income bracket. Of course they won't. As is a lot of us lower class are looked down upon and told how we need to suck it up and work more while as is we are working our fingers to the bone on little pay while some don't even have to really lift a finger and get high triple digit incomes.  I know I will get bashed about this post but if you stop and think about it, I mean really think about it, It is only logic.

 I was about to really lose hope, I was working out and determined to lose weight and trying to ignore all the laughing and the "I am better than you" I have been getting when I have started. That was till I stumbled across a website and then a Facebook page. It seemed that all this weight and stress was lifted a bit off of my shoulders after only 3 e-mails from Laura, one of the ladies who run the site. She gave me encouragement, told me I was doing a good job and made me feel like I was actually worth something again. I found myself last night pushing through the pain and burn of a workout which before I would have given up. I find myself pushing harder, doing more, and focused on eating right. Then she gave my name and email along with my story to a few of her "ambassadors" of the site. Never before have I EVER had this much support in anything I do.  I have had one girl named Stephani help me before when I was about to completely call it all quits. Who talked me out of doingg something I would regret but it still felt like due to my financial situations, I was hitting an unclimbable brick wall at every turn. I was running through this endless Labyrinth. Like the childhood movie with David Bowie about the Labyrinth and the Goblin King. Except, I couldn't even make it out of the first ring. Thanks to the awesome ladies at www.girlsgonesporty.com , I am finding myself pushing more and feeling more alive when I would normally be hiding under the covers crying.

 I have been use to people looking at me and calling me a whale, and disgusting, and worthless. All they would see was this 260 lbs size 26-28 woman with a 3 kids at her side and judge me without ever even knowing me. They would never stop to say hi. Or to even try to get to know me.  They just saw how I looked and thought they knew everything. They didn't know about any of the abuse I encountered when I was growing up. None of the abuse and pain I had been going through. No, they only saw me on the outside. For someone who had grown up feeling that I was useless and worthless and experiences that people can only have nightmares about or see in some horror film. Who was pushing through the pain and trying to hold my head up and smile. No one knew and those who really did, didn't care. To add to even more stress, me and 2 of my kids have been sick with the flu for nearly 2 weeks. Some days it was so bad, I couldn't even pull myself out of bed. Me and the 2 would curl up in my bed and rest. When I would get out of bed, everything hurt. From walking on the floor, to even going to the restroom made me hurt. SO I wasn't able to clean my house. Now that I am getting better, my house is trashed. The kids bedding was a mess, clothes piled everywhere dirty, sink full of dishes, ect. So now not only am I working out but I am also cleaning my whole house by myself and taking care of my 3 kids. Yeah I know I am like in super mom mode!

   Now, I am determined to make sure my children don't ever go through anything I have had to experience and for them to grow up knowing how it feels to not have a care in the world and to be happy and healthy. Even though with income, it does make it hard, BUT, I will keep my head high and I will lose 130 lbs and be healthy. I will not let the past determine my future and hold me in one place. It is time for me to get off my rear and face all this fat head on kicking and punching it all away to a healthy me and for my children, a healthy life.

Hump Day Intakes

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Egg - Scrambled, 1 egg (53g)	70	1	5	6
Eggs - Scrambled (Egg White) , 1 container (2 large egg whites ea.)	34	0	0	7
Lipton Ice Tea (1 Bag Steeped Added to Ice - Brewed Ice Tea , 8 oz	0	0	0	0
Honey, 0.25 tbsp	16	4	0	0
Add Food Quick Tools	120	5	5	13
Lunch
Nabisco - Triscuit Reduced Fat , 7 crackers	120	23	3	3
Athenos - Hummas - Roasted Red Pepper, 2 Tbsp	60	5	3	1
Water - Municipal, 2 cup (8 fl oz)	0	0	0	0
Add Food Quick Tools	180	28	6	4
Dinner
Orowheat - Multi-Grain Sandwich Thins, 1 roll	100	22	1	5
Generic - Shredded Beef Bbq, 1/4 cup	80	9	2	7
L - Whole Pickle, 1 pickle	15	3	0	0
Add Food Quick Tools	195	34	3	12
Snacks
Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal - Toasted Berry Crumble, 3/8 Cup	90	18	2	5
Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 1 cup	86	12	0	8
Detour Lean Muscle Bar - Cookie Dough Caramel Crisp, 1 bar	370	33	12	32
Add Food Quick Tools	546	63	14	45
Totals	1,041	130	28	74

Tuesday's Burnage

Ok guys day 2 of this week.  Hard But Got it done!

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Wii Fit Free Run	15	109
Wii Fit Advanced Step	30	142
Wii Fit Super Hula Hoop	5	24
Wii Fit exercise (advanced or high intensity)	10	64

Hump Day Burnage

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Rope jumping, slow	5	78
Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog	20	129
Running (jogging), 6 mph (10 min mile)	3	59

Tuesday Food Intake 1.16.13

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal - Toasted Berry Crumble, 0.5 Cup	120	23	2	6
Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 0.5 cup	43	6	0	4
Add Food	163	29	2	10
Lunch
Weight Watchers - Smoked Flavor String Cheese, 1 Stick	50	1	3	6
Spinach - Raw, 1 cup	7	1	0	1
Mushrooms - Raw, 0.25 cup pieces	4	1	0	1
Broccoli - Raw, 0.15 cup, chopped	4	1	0	0
Tomatoes - Red, ripe, raw, year round average, 1 wedge (1/4 of medium tomato)	6	1	0	0
Great Value - Mild Finely Shredded Low Fat Cheddar Cheese, 0.25 cup	68	0	5	6
Water - Municipal, 1 cup (8 fl oz)	0	0	0	0
Add Food	139	5	8	14
Dinner
Barilla - Tortalini, 3/4 cup	230	32	8	0
Sauce - Marinara Sauce, Bertolli, 1/2 cup(s)	90	14	2	3
Broccoli - Raw, 0.15 cup, chopped	4	1	0	0
Mushrooms - Raw, 0.25 cup pieces	4	1	0	1
Spinach - Raw, 1 cup	7	1	0	1
Celery - Raw, 1 stalk, small (5" long)	2	1	0	0
Water - Municipal, 1 cup (8 fl oz)	0	0	0	0
Add Food	337	50	10	5
Snacks
Celery - Raw, 1 stalk, small (5" long)	2	1	0	0
Grapes - Raw, 0.25 cup	15	4	0	0
Oranges - Raw, navels, 100 g	49	13	0	1
Strawberries - Raw, 3 small (1" dia)	7	2	0	0
Water - Municipal, 6 cup (8 fl oz)	0	0	0	0
Add Food	73	20	0	1
Totals	712	104	20	30

Monday's Shed

Monday Food

Breakfast Calories Carbs Fat Protein Homemade - Green Veggie Juice, 8 oz 45 5 0 3 Fresh Raw - Banana, 1 small - 6 - 61/2" 90 23 1 1 Add Food 135 28 1 4 Lunch Generic - Chicken Breast, Bonless, Skinless, Grilled , 3 oz 128 0 3 25 Broccoli - Steamed, 1/2 cup 31 6 0 3 Local - Steamed Brown Rice, 0.5 cup cooked 109 22 1 3 Sweet potato - Cooked, baked in skin, without salt (Sweetpotato), 0.25 small 14 3 0 0 Add Food 282 31 4 31 Dinner Home Made - Veggie Pizza on Whole Wheat Flat Bread, 1 flatbread 240 0 0 0 Add Food 240 0 0 0 Snacks Oranges - Raw, navels, 100 g 49 13 0 1 Celery - Raw, 1 stalk, small (5" long) 2 1 0 0 Grapes - Raw, 0.25 cup 15 4 0 0 Broccoli - Raw, 25 g 9 2 0 1 Add Food 75 20 0 2 Totals 732 79 5 37
Cardiovascular Minutes Calories Burned Walking, 2.0 mph, slow pace     300          1463

Taking My Body Back

I am a mother of 3 wonderful children. I have had a ton of stress in my life over the past 10 years that have help aid in my weight gain. Now It is time for me to take my body back. I am only 26 and yet weigh in at nearly 260. That is not only unfair to my children cause I can't go do awesome stuff with them like playing sports and such, but it isn't fair to me too. I don't like being huge and disgusting looking. I hate the idea that my body is killing me slowly. I hate the fact that I am enabling my children down a road to obesity where they too will have to live with the horror and depressing ways that I currently live. No one deserves to go through what I am going through. No one deserves to have not only EVERYONE around them telling them they are worthless and useless and would never amount to anything, but them self torturing them to the point they see it as the only way to stop the pain is to end their life. What kind of role model would I continue to be if I kept myself in such a low state and my body slowly killing itself to the point that one slice of bread or one more burger would result to me being dead and leaving my kids behind to be tormented like I do? Not a good mother at all. So I am now going to take my stand and start being the mother my kids need me to be. One pound shed at a time!